Global keyboard shortcut for copy, cut and paste

12.04 shortcut-keys paste

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These are global shortcuts that work out of the box (tested with Debian 8.2) in terminals and GUI applications:

copy: Ctrl+Insert
paste: Shift+Insert
cut: Shift+Delete

I didn't test it but to change these shortcuts you could try: Use Shift+Insert to paste from clipboard in gnome-terminal?

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Updated on September 18, 2022

Comments

Adam Matan over 1 year

How can I define a global shortcuts for copy, cut and paste?

I'm used to Mac's ⌘+C for copy and ⌘+V for paste. They are global, so I can use them interchanging data between CLI and GUI apps.

How can one configure global shortcuts, e.g ⊞ Win+C (copy) and ⊞ Win+V (paste) in Ubuntu 12.04?
- Mitch almost 11 years
  
  Have you tried the same in Ubuntu?
- Adam Matan almost 11 years
  
  Yes. ⊞ Win+C pops the "search photos" screen.
- Mitch almost 11 years
  
  Try ⌘+C in Ubuntu
- Adam Matan almost 11 years
  
  I don't have a ⌘ key - it's a windows laptop keyboard with a ⊞ key.
- Adam Matan almost 11 years
  
  @Mitch thanks, but I don't see how your answer allows me to create global copy and paste shortcut that would work for the terminal, too.
- Anake almost 11 years
  
  Is the standard configuration really that bad? Ctrl-C generally and Ctrl-Shift-C in terminal? (same with V for paste).
- Sonique almost 9 years
  
  @Anake Yes it's really bad when half of time you are using Mac Os :) Anyway, meta key on Linux pretty useless button so why not to remap for this actions and use it anywhere. Also want to remap change_input_language to Meta+Space, but it also looks impossible.